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SAFBGU'ARD FOR WATGHBS. No. 355,576. Patented Jan. 4, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT CEEICE.

SAMUEL c. WATTS, oE NEW YORK, n. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of' Letters Patent No. 355,576, dated January 4, 1887.

Application filed October 5, 1886*l Serial No. 215,415. (No model.)

, others skilled in the art'to which my invention appertaius to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide protection against theft bythe picking of a watch from ones pocket; and to this end theinvention consists of a device made ofrubber or other suitable material, so that it is adapted to be placed over the ring of a watch, and by frictional contact with the pocket render the extraction of the watch therefrom a difficult matter to any one other than the person who carries the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In thel drawings, Figure l is a side view of a watch to which my improved safeguardv is applied. Fig. 2 is a top view of the safeguard, and Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of the same, and showing by dotted lines itsqrelation to the stem and ring of the watch.

Inth'ese drawings, A represents the watch; B, the stem of the same; C, the ring, to which a chain may be attached, and D the safeguard.

In practiceI prefer to make the safeguard of rubber, owing to its elastic and frictional nature; but any other suitable material may be used.

In the drawings the form of this safeguard is shown as being circular, which form I deem the best; but the shape is not an essential feature of my invention, inasmuch as otherY forms will answer the purpose.

The safeguard D is made with an aperture,

d, through the center of a size to t snugly l around the stem of the watch, and if made of rubber this aperture can be stretched sufficiently to pass over the ring C, and when the rubber has contracted it will be iirmly secured to the stem. If other materiale-as, for instance, leather-be used, it may be necessary to make a slit atgeach side of the aperture d to permit of its passage over the ring.

rugations around the outer edge or periphery v of the same, or emboss it, in orderto give several surfaces to come in contact with the sides of-the pocket, and thus prevent slipping in case there should be such a tendency.

This safeguard is made to taper toward the watch-case, so that its form is that of an invertedfrustum of a cone, thus giving strength and rigidity'to the same and preventing the edges from. turning or folding back when subjected to the resistance of the sides of the pocket by any pulling or jerking for the pur-, pose of extracting the watch therefrom.

When a watch is provided with this safeguard and is placed in ones vestpocket, any pulling upon the chain will be met with a resistance by the contact of the rubber with the cloth, thus rendering it impossible to draw the 1 same out without severe jerking, and this of necessity will attract the attention of theper.- son whose watch it is in ample time to save his property. On the otherlhand, the person who carries the watch can easily take the same out of his pocket by simply separating the cloth at the opening into the pocket, andno inconvenience will be experienced from its use.

l am aware that safety attachments for watches have heretofore been made of a thin plate or ring `of rubber having scalloped edges and a thickened middle projection of less diameter' than the plate or ring; but such form differs from my invention, in that I do not make scalloped edges, and I provide protection againstthe folding of the safeguard by the tapering ot the base, which at the ksame time prevents interference with the opening of the IOO case,and otherwise construct it as hercinbefore described. p

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is y A safeguard for watches, consisting of an elastic button or disk having an aperture to permit'of its passage over the ring of the watch, and its upper surface provided with 1o recesses extending outwardly on opposite sides of said aperture, the under surface being made to taper toward the watch, whereby itis strengthened and adapted to be rigidly secured upon the watch, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

SAMUEL C. VATTS.

Vitnesses:

Tnos. CRAWFORD, HUBERT A. BANNING. 

